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Brian Brodie, MD
Our decision to sell MD Financial Management (MD) was made after much deliberation and discussion with leading financial experts. We heard how new technologies like bitcoin and cryptocurrency are rapidly changing the... Read More
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our decision to sell MD Financial Management. I appreciate this opportunity to provide some further details and hopefully answer some of the questions you raised... Read More
It has been said that life moves at a similar speed to your age and I have found this to be too true. Despite knowing this presidential year would fly by, it has done so far more quickly than I would have... Read More
I would like to tell you about a project that I have had the privilege of working on for the last 15 months. It all started because of my attendance at an Institute for Healthcare Improvement conference in... Read More
In order to gauge the effectiveness of any program or project, it’s important to set benchmarks and then measure at periodic intervals. That’s exactly what your association has done to determine its effectiveness... Read More
We’ve consistently heard about the myriad of extremely beneficial programs for family doctors and their patients that the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) has been successfully building. Formed... Read More
By the time this issue of the BCMJ crosses your desk, the BCMA’s Olympic Torch Relay Team will have run its 1 kilometre trek around Olympic Park in Whistler and be forever ensconced in Olympic history. I’m sure we... Read More
My great foray into the kitchen is always at Christmas to make my traditional fudge. I usually make two different types from two recipes because one often flops, doesn’t set, and winds up being topping for someone’... Read More
It has been a long process, it’s been a controversial topic—especially among physicians—but it’s also a topic whose time has come. What I’m talking about here is cell phone use and driving legislation. I, along with... Read More
We are soon to enter flu season. Although we don’t know what the severity of this year’s flu season might be, the media has perpetuated the H1N1 hype to such a degree that we are left with one thought only—it will... Read More